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Word: joviality (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Here Comes the Bride, the 68-year-old Senator, filled with good will, beamed at the delegates and said, "There's life in the boy yet." Then he turned to Princess Wilhelmina, honorary chairman of the conference, and asked her for a blessing on his marriage. Not so jovial, the former Queen declined by saying: "I'm no clergyman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 2, 1952 | 6/2/1952 | See Source »

...Washington, bald, jovial Henry W. ("The Dutchman") Grunewald, the semi-mystery man of the income-tax scandals, was cited by unanimous (334-0) vote of the House. The members found him in contempt for "willful and deliberate" refusal to cooperate with the Ways & Means Committee, which was trying to find out about his part in several juicy tax fixes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Social Notes | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

Power and prestige are two things Batista understands and values. It has been said of him that he has limitless ambition, plenty of ability and no respect for his fellow men. With those who do not cross him, he can be pleasant and even jovial. At 51, he is a hairy, muscular man's man, with the swarthy brow and barrel chest of a smaller Max Schmeling. He revels in the authority he has won back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Dictator with the People | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

More, than half a million Americans during the past year have been bewitched by the Devil. This particular Devil is a jovial old party who wears a rumpled dinner jacket over his generous paunch, and sports no horns or tail. His glance, though sometimes leering, is never demoniac, and he talks about Heaven and Hell with a twinkle, like a fat, fond uncle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Happy Ham | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

Gandhi & Greatness. Hairy charm is not, however, Davidson's only contribution to art. His admirers believe that, at 68, he is the greatest living sculptor. His critics argue that this is true only if, by sculpture, is meant the art of making speaking likenesses. For jovial Jo has never been one to conjure up abstractions or depict the unseen "soul" of his sitters. He takes people, quite literally, at their face value. When the face wears a mask (as he finds most faces do), Jo waits for the moment when the mask slips-and pounces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Face Values | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

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